The Sultan

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon sparked a new era in the United States, an era born of torn steel and crumbled concrete. As evident in book sales since 9/11, this new era has sparked a desire among Americans to learn more about the culture and history of the Muslim people. Central to both is the life of Islam's greatest military hero - the Sultan, Saladin. The Sultan, an historical-fiction novel focuses on the epic struggle of this Muslim warrior-king a century after Christianity's First Crusade. Driven by the murder of his father by crusaders, Saladin embarks on a journey that leads him into the desert battles of Egypt, through the death and treachery of politics in Damascus, and finally to the walls of Jerusalem itself.